Disastrous Adelaide Uni billboard slammed for ‘Mansplaining’

We all know what Mansplaining is, right? No? Okay ladies, gather around, and allow me – a man – to explain it to you.

That appears to be the message of this particular piece of advertising from the University of Adelaide, situated on hoardings outside the former Royal Adelaide Hospital (FRAH) site.

The image depicts a man, surrounded by five women, gesturing in a fashion that suggests he is delivering some sort of message to his captive audience.

Although captive may be the wrong word, with the onlooking audience all wearing facial expressions that suggest they are bored out of their skulls.

Really, it’s quite an impressive visual representation of what Lily Rothman of The Atlantic calls, “explaining without regard to the fact that the explainee knows more than the explainer, often done by a man to a woman”.

The offending piece of hoarding was initially highlighted by the social media account Shit Adelaide, with the account noting that a fellow user had pointed out “that our innovative education precinct is now offering a Master of Mansplaining”.